In deliveryUnited KingdomGoods£180,000,000
National Timing Centre (NTC) Delivery Programme 2
- Published
- Published 9 July 2026
Overview
The Department for Science, Innovation & Technology has awarded a contract to the National Physical Laboratory for £180 million to build and operate a National Timing Centre that will provide a resilient, terrestrial, sovereign, sustainable, and high-quality timing signal. The contract was awarded on 5 July 2026 and is now in delivery.
Key details
- Country
- United Kingdom
- Status
- In delivery
- Category
- Goods
- Estimated value
- £180,000,000
- Procedure
- Direct
- Published
- 9 July 2026
Communications infrastructure
Award outcome
- Awarded value
- £180,000,000
- Award date
- 5 July 2026
- Contract period
- 30 July 2026 → 31 March 2030
- National Physical Laboratory
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Notice history
Every published notice in this contracting process, newest first.
Contract
16 July 2026
View notice ↗Contract
14 July 2026
View notice ↗Prior Information Notice
9 July 2026
View notice ↗
Contracting authority
Department for Science, Innovation & Technology
BuyerLondon, United Kingdom
GB-PPON: PVWZ-3216-PVQL
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